The Atomic War

The Atomic War was a conflict that raged between the Neo-Communist forces of the Eurasian Front and the United Nations of Earth.

The conflict began on June 8, 2015 after a force of Russian armored units crossed the Russo-Finnish border. NATO quickly backed the Finns, sparking the War.

The most important event of the war was March 15, 2018, when American bombers dropped a Magnvirn based explosive devise, sparking a three hour nuclear exchange.

Despite the utter annihilation of most of Humanity, the world powers would continue their fight until the Eurasian Front collapsed in 2023. A direct consequence of the war was the Great Migration of 2025 and the rise in prominence of the Daladier Industries.

Historic Animosity
For much of the Twentieth Century the United States and Russia had been locked in a geopolitical standoff, from the American intervention in the Russian Civil War, their fragile alliance in the Second World War, and of course the nuclear stalemate of the Cold War. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and America's rise as sole superpower many people hoped an era of peace was approaching, but this would not be the case. Following the rise of Communism in China said nation had been rising as an economic superpower. By 2000 it was a major exporter to many of the world's largest economies. China and the United States engaged in a slowly escalating trade conflict throughout the 1900's and into the early 2000's.

Meanwhile, America's European allies began to feel as if their power was waining following decolonization. Instead of passively accepting their fall from grace, the Europeans began uniting together to form a European superstate. To begin, the European nations began introducing the Euro as a continent wide currency in 1992. In 2000, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands united as the Benelux Republic. This was the first major unification of two European powers, but it would not be the last.

As the European Union expanded its power, former rivalries began to fade away as the Europeans united behind a common goal. Former national identities began to merge into a common identity.

NATO also began to expand, with Ukraine, Israel, and Algeria join during the early 2000's. South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand became associates of NATO.

In 2006 SWORD began developing a Magnvirn-based superweapon in the Mojave Desert. The projct was codenamed Operation Achlys. After some early breakthroughs, the project hit a roadblock. The scientists were unable to control the Magnvirn inside the bomb, and a failed attempt in 2008 destroyed the small ton of Pastura, New Mexico. The government managed to cover it up, but funding was severely reduced following the incident.

2011 Economic Collapse
The Volki, long in control of both Russia and China, were concerned with the Ivareta's control of the rising powers of the United States and Europe. In order to weaken them, Volki agents began exerting control over the global economy, with the intension of causing a massive economic collapse. Starting in 2002, however, Ivareta agents began attempting to counter this infiltration by eliminating Volki agents and associates. The Ivareta had poor information regarding the Volki's activity and were unable to fully or effectively counter the Volki, though.

On June 3, 2011, the Volki executed Operation Cadmus. Billions of dollars of stock were suddenly deleted, and millions of people lost their entire life savings. Additionally, assassinations and political instability were sparked across the world. In Russia, President Vladislav Chaykovsky, an enemy of the Volki, was killed by a bombing attack outside Voronezh. He was replaced by ambitious Volki agent Rodion Sobol. He was officially a member of the Russian Socialist Party, and he quickly began to replace the Russian Duma with Volki agents that were members of the Socialist Party. On June 29, 2011, the Socialist Party declared the Russian Worker's Republic. Meanwhile, unstable nations began to collapse or radicalize. Mexican soldiers mutinied and started a number of cartels, the Thai government was overthrown by the Volki aligned military, and the entire Canadian government was destroyed in a massive bomb attack, which resulted in an American invasion of Canada in 2012. Much of Europe was placed under martial law, with riots in several large cities such as Paris, London, and Berlin. The United States declared martial law after several members of government were assassinated. Much of Africa descended into chaos, with warlords resurging in power. An emergency session of the World Security Council saw Russia and China expelled after repeated refusals to cooperate with France, Britain, and America. This was, of course, due to their allegiance to the Volki. In Los Angeles, a crowd of protesters was opened fire upon in October 2011, resulting in over 30 fatalities and widespread unrest. The Democratic and Republican parties completely imploded, with the Senate crippled due to infighting, Russia and China, meanwhile, used this time to quickly expand their influence, taking Central Asia and parts of South-East Asia throughout 2011 and 2012.

in 2012, the American Reformation Party was swept to power, the first third-party victory in American history. Dorean Sinclair became the first female American President, and she and the rest of the Reformists began attempting to rebuild the shattered American Economy. Meanwhile in Europe, the main powers began drawing closer to one another and participated in deeper economic cooperation. German soldiers occupied parts of anarchic South-Denmark and the Polish corridor. France annexed the benelux as well as Switzerland. The IRA restarted their war with the now weakened UK in August 2011. The British Army quickly overwhelmed IRA forces in Northern Ireland, but they didn't stop there. British forces invaded the rest of Ireland, causing numerous massacres that, while disgusting many nations, did not result in any condemnation. By December of 2011 Ireland was restored to the United Kingdom.

The Eurasian Front
With the world in chaos, the Volki enacted the second phase of their plan. In September of 2011, China and Russia signed the Eurasian Pact. Meanwhile, the Russians began to introduce increased controls over their population, with many Western observers comparing it to an Orwellian dystopia. Meanwhile, China and Russia divided up the Central Asian states, and also began to work even closer together. on January 3, 2012, Russia and China declared the Fourth International.

Helsinki Declaration
Eurasian military forces had begun to buildup on their borders in Europe since early 2012, but by 2014 there were serious concerns that war was imminent. NATO deployed its own military forces to the Baltic States and Poland, hoping to swiftly take Kaliningrad before pushing deeper into Russia. The Eurasians continued to pressure Finland into joining the Eurasian Pact, but the Finns were adamant they stay out. The Eurasians knew they would need access to Swedish Iron, and it would be far more attainable with Finland out of the way. After offering money, threatening invasion, and even attempting to seduce Finnish PM's, the Eurasians concluded that the only way to Sweden was over the corpse of Finland. Starting in January of 2014, the Eurasians, primarily Russia, began preparing to invade Finland. A grand total of 500,000 soldiers were assembled along the Russo-Finnish frontier, and plans were drawn up for a three-stage invasion, first attacking through Karelia and Murmansk, and then a naval assault onto Aland and Helsinki. The invasion was codenamed Operation Molotov.

The Finns were not blind to these movements, and in early 2014 they began to cozy up with NATO. America began secretly training and arming Finnish troops, and the German and British navy's began patrolling the Baltic. Finnish soldiers were also trained in guerilla tactics, as it was believed Finland could never sustain a conventional war with the Russians. Also in 2014, the Finns began fortifying Karelia with tank traps and bunkers in preparation for war. In August of 2014 Lappeenranta and several other border towns were evacuated and transformed into military outposts.

The Eurasian Front knew they couldn't just invade Finland and expect the international community to be okay with it, so they began plotting to have several pro-Eurasia MP's in Finland be "assassinated" by far-right radicals, which would in turn give Eurasia an excuse to invade Finland. After a few months of plotting, they had decided on three targets: the leader of Finland's Eurasian Party, Ilmma Rinne, deputy speaker of Parliament Senja Vanhanen, and member of parliament Henrikki Pajara.

On May 30, 2015, the plan was carried out. The first two assassinations went off without a hitch. Ilmma was shot twice in the back by a masked assailant in her home in Helsinki, and Senja's car was bombed in front of the Parliament House. However, Henrikki's assassination failed when the attacker, armed with a knife, was pulled off by civilians before managing to land a hit on Pajara. The attacker spilled everything to Finnish police and the media, and Pajar, feeling horribly betrayed, announced publicly his withdraw from the Eurasian Party. Finland then asked for an emergency session of the United Nations, and the UN obliged. On June 1, 2015, Finland publicly accused the Eurasian Front of a plot to overthrow the Finnish government. The UN Security council then voted to have all members of the Eurasian Front expelled from the UN at once. American President Alexander Okorie then asked Congress to lay down serious sanctions on the Eurasian Front, which they did on June 3. The Eurasians, enraged by this, sent what became known as the Helsinki Declaration to Finland on June 4, 2015, demanding they rescind their accusations and admit they killed the two MP's or face invasion. After a few days of negotiating with NATO to ensure they had support, the Finns responded to Eurasia's message on June 7 with a simple statement: "The people of Finland say no." At 1:00 the next day Eurasia invaded.

The Invasion of Finland
The Eurasian invasion force of 500,000 men was being supported by 40,000 tanks and 8,000 aircraft, The Finnish military had 300,000 soldiers along the border ready with 600,000 scattered across the rest of the nation. Eurasian forces met significant resistance almost immediately. At the city of Lappeenranta, over 3,000 Eurasian soldiers were killed between June 9 and 11. Some Russian experts feared a repeat of the Winter War of 1940. To make matters worse, the Kaliningrad garrison was overrun by Poland by June 12, meaning NATO could begin preparing a counter-attack. Russian Field Marshall Alexei Zima was the initial leader ofthe invasion, but after these failures he was replaced by Brigadier General Anatoliy Federov. Federov reorganized the Russian forces and launched a renewed offensive on June 19. Immediately the tide shifted. Russian armored units blasted through the Finnish troops, reaching the outskirts of Helsinki on June 22. The Finnish government fled to the island of Aland just as the Russian naval forces invaded. Prime Minister Veikko Ruoho was able to escape on the submarine Holhooja, but much of his cabinet was captured. After arriving in Copenhagen on the 23, Ruoho made an announcement to the Finnish people to fight on. The main Finnish army fled into Norway, where they were deployed along the Norwegian bordr with Finland to help hold back a Russian offensive. Meanwhile, the Finnish Home Guard prepared for a protracted partisan campaign.

Operation Daggerfall
Even before the Finns had fully surrendered NATO was preparing for a counter-offensive against the Eurasians. Several million Polish, German, American, Romanian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian soldiers had assembled in preparation for this operation. In order to successfully communicate across this seven nation army English was established as the primary language of NATO on June 22. This was the first step towards the galaxy's Anglophile dominance. U.S. General Robert Hooker would lead the Operation, with his second in commands being German General Gustav Gauer and Polish Colonel Bogna Wojda. The plan was for the NATO force to be split into three main assault groups. Assault Group North,located in Baltic states, Assault Group Center, located in Poland, and Assault Group South located in Romania. NATO had secretly made a deal with Ukraine to allow their troops through Ukrainian territory.

The Operation commenced on June 27 with a three-hour artillery and aerial bombardment along the whole front, the largest in history. NATO's forces quickly advanced across the border, but resistance was stiff. In Belarus, whole columns of men were held up after retreating Eurasian soldiers blew up bridges across the Neman River. Despite these holdups, the first Polish troops entered Minsk on June 29. In the North, a Latvian armored battalion punched through the Eurasian line and advanced past Pskov by June 30. Meanwhile, the passage of troops through Ukraine was successful, and a combined Romanian-Hungarian surprise attack on Russian troops in Gomel, Belarus, was able to cut a whole in the Eurasian lines. After the 30th, though, many advances ground to a halt as Eurasian troops dug in all along the front. By July, the conflict had devolved into a tug-of-war over a hundred cities from Kingisepp to Taganrog. One advantage NATO got on July 1st was Ukraine's entry into the war on their side.